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EDUCATION  DEFT. 

STORY  GROUPS 

With  the  Children  and  the  Birds      .  .     Pages  1-13 

In  Summer  Time     ....     .     .     .  .  14-39 

Fun  for  Rainy  Days    ,     .     .    ..'•  .     .  .  40-63 

At  Sunset 64-70 

In  the  Fall  Woods    .     .     .    v    .     .     .  .  71-87 

Winter  Days  and  Nights      ....  .  88-115 

The  Year's  at  the  Spring    ....  .  116-133 

Vocabulary .  134-137 

Suggestions  to  Teachers  .     ....    v    •  138-140 

Words  for  Phonic  Drill     ..'....    .     .     .     .  140-142 

In  the  story  groups  will  be  found  brief  selections  from 
Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich,  Mary  Mapes  Dodge,  Robert  Loveman, 
George  Macdonald,  Christina  Rossetti,  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson  and  Celia  Thaxter. 


For  kind  permission  to  use  "  Farewell  to  the  Farm  "  the  author 
and  publishers  are  indebted  to  Messrs.  Charles  Scribner's  Sons; 
and  for  "It  is  not  Raining  Rain  to  Me"  to  Mr.  Robert  Loveman. 
The  copyrighted  poems  "Spring"  by  Celia  Thaxter,  and  "Pleasanter 
than  All"  by  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich,  are  reprinted  by  permission  of  the 
Hough  ton  Mifflin  Co. 

COPYRIGHT,   D.   C.   HEATH   &  COMPANY,  1912 


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L         •>       9 


SOME  LITTLE  GIRLS   WE  KNOW 

Here  are  Grace  and  Alice. 

Their  little  sister  is  with  them. 

Do  you  know  their  little  sister's  name  ? 

Her  name  is  Betty. 

Betty  says  she  is  not  a  baby  now. 

The  little  girls  came  here  to  play. 


came 
name 


game  same 

dame  tame 

i  ' 


frame 
shame 


M187526 


THE  BIRD   SWING 

Grace  was  jumping  a  rope  by  the  wall. 
She  saw  a  bird's  nest  in  the  oak  tree. 
Alice  said,  "I  will  get  up 

on  the  wall,  Grace. 
Then  I  can  see  what  is  in  the  nest. 
The  nest  is  like  a  little  swing. 
I  hope  some  dear  baby  birds  are  in  it. 
I  hope  I  can  see  the  dear  little  birds. 
I  see  the  mother  bird  in  the  tree. 
I  hope  she  will  sing  to  us 

about  the  bird  swing. 
Sing,  mother  bird,  sing! 
Sing  a  little  song  to  me." 


hope 
rope 

pope 
mope 

cope 
tope 

lope 
slope 

SING  A  SONG  FOR  ME 

Little  birdie  in  the  tree, 
In  the  tree,  in  the  tree, 

Little  birdie  in  the  tree, 
Sing  a  song  for  me. 

Sing  about  the  red,  red  rose 
On  the  wall,  on  the  wall. 

Sing  about  the  bird  swing 
In  the  tree-top  tall. 

Little  birdie  in  the  tree, 
In  the  tree,  in  the  tree, 

Little  birdie  in  the  tree, 
Sing  a  song  for  me. 


rose  nose  close  chose 

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THE  CHILDREN'S  HOME 

Here  is  the  children's  home. 

The  children  are  happy  in  the  old  home. 

Here  are  Father  and  Mother. 

What  are  they  doing? 

Do  yon  see  Frank  and  Max? 

Which  boy  has  the  ball? 

Which  boy  has  the  bat? 

Do  yon  see  Betty's  doll  and  the  kitty? 

The  kitty's  name  is  Mink. 

Do  yon  see  the  hen  and  chicks? 

The  hen's  name  is  Cinck-clnck. 

What  are  Alice  and  Grace  doing? 

Alice  and  Grace  go  to  school. 

Betty  does  not  go  to  school. 

Betty  is  three  years  old. 

which  rich  mnch  snch 

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THE  OLD  OAK 

The   old  oak  is  tall. 
The  bird's  nest  is  on 

the  big  bough. 
The  big  bongh  is  high 

up  on  the  old  oak. 
Alice  said,  "The  nest  is  just  like  a  swing. 
It  is  up  so  high  I  cannot  see  into  it. 
The  birds  are  happy  in  their  swing. 
The  wind  will  say;  <Rock-a-by;rock-a-by/ 

to  the  birdies  in  the  tree-top. 
I  hope  the  dear  little  birdies  are  safe. 
We  must  watch  the  baby  birds. 
The  wind  may  make  them  come 

tumbling  down  to  the  ground. » 

must  dust  rust  trust 

just  gust  crust          thrust 

6 


UP  SO  HIGH 

There's  a  dear  little  nest 

In  the  old  oak  tree. 
Safe  and  high,  safe  and  high. 

There  are  three  little  eggs 

Blue  as  blue  can  be, 
Like  the  sky,  like  the  sky. 

There  are  three  baby  birds 

In  that  little  nest, 
Up  so  high,  up  so  high. 

And  the  wind  rocks  the  bough 

Where  they  safely  rest, 
Rock-a-by,  rock-a-by! 


nest  west  best  lest 

rest  zest  chest          blest 


THE  BIRDS'  STORY 

We  were  two  happy  little  birds. 
One  day  we  flew  to  a  tall  oak  tree. 
A  rose  vine  runs  high  up  on  the  tree. 
We  liked  the  tall  oak 

and  the  pretty  rose  vine. 
We  made  a  nest  in  the  tall  tree. 
It  hung  in  the  pretty  rose  vine. 
By  and  by,  there  were  three  baby  birds 

in  the  nest. 
Then  sweet  songs  were  sung 

where  the  nest  hung. 
They  were  sung  to  the  baby  birds. 
One  day  we  flew  away  to  find  something 

for  the  birdies  to  eat. 
We  came  back  to  the  tall  tree. 
There  hung  the  nest.     But  the  birdies 

were  gone. 

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THE    GREEN    TREE 

1.  To  a  green  tree 

A  briar  rose  clung. 
In  that  green  tree 
Our  nest  we  hung. 

2.  By  breezes  free 

Our  nest  was  swung. 
To  birdies  three 

Sweet  songs  were  sung. 

3.  When  the  green  trees 

Their  shadows  flung, 
On  the  soft  breeze 
Glad  notes  had  rung. 


clung 
hung 

swung 
sung 

flung 
rung 

M.  S.  WILLIS. 


4.  Sad    now   search  we The  leaves      a    -    mong. 


Ah       m 

m                    P 

!            n 

i 

—  ^  *  — 

s  •     « 

From  the    green    tree...    Gone  are       the      young. 

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SOME  BABY  BIRDS 

Frank,  did  you  and  Max  see  the  nest 

in  the  rose  vine? 

Yes.      It  is  such  a  fine  home  for  birdies. 
But  the  baby  birds  are  gone,  Frank. 
The  father  and  mother  birds 

are  looking  for  them. 
I  hope  they  will  find  their  baby  birds. 
Max  found  a  lark's  nest  on  the  ground. 
It  is  such  a  cunning  nest,  Alice. 
I  hope  the  baby  larks  are  not  gone. 


vine 
fine 

mine 
nine 

dine 
pine 

thine 
shine 

10 


THE   MEADOW  LARKS 


Up,  up  in  the  sky 
The  meadow  larks  fly, 
Up  in  the  air  so  high. 


Down,  down  on  the  ground 
Is  a  meadow  lark  found, 
Down  in  a  nest  so  round. 


As  they  go  to  sleep, 
The  birdies  say,  "Peep!" 
Down  in  the  grass  so  deep 


round 
ground 
wound 
found 


sound 
hound 
bound 
pound 


around 
aground 
abound 
abounds 


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A  HAPPY  DAY 

It  is  the  spring  time.     The  sky  is  blue. 

The  birds  fly  through  the  sweet  air. 

They  sing  in  the  tree  tops. 

The  bees  hum  through  the  orchard. 

The  lambs  run  and  jump  in  the  clover. 

The  children  sing  and  play  with  the  lambs, 

Betty  and  Alice  have  pet  lambs. 

Do  you  see  the  flowers  on  Alice's  lamb? 

Alice  likes  to  put  flowers 

on  the  lamb's  neck. 

She  says,  "See  the  flowers  I  have,  Grace. 
Let  us  put  them  on  my  lamb's  neck. 
Come  here,  Betty,  we  will  put 

some  flowers  on  your  pet's  neck." 


neck 
deck 

peck 
speck 

beck 
check 

fleck 
wreck 

SPRING 


The  little  birds  fly  over, 

And  oh,  how  sweet  they  sing! 
To  tell  the  happy  children 

That  once  again  'tis  spring. 

Here  blooms  the  sweet  red  clover. 

There  peeps  the  violet  blue. 
Oh,  happy  little  children, 

God  made  them  all  for  you. 


—Celia  Thaxter 


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MAKING  HAY 

It's  summer,  the  meadow  grass  is  green. 
Father  has  come  to  mow 

the  green  meadow  grass. 
"Let  me  help  you,  Father/7  says  Frank. 
Father  says,  "  Thank  you,  my  boy. 
I  like  to  have  you  help  me.77 

thank          Frank  bank  sank 

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GOING  A-MOWING 

Max  was  going  to  see  Father  mow. 
He  says  it  is  fun  to  see  Father  mow. 
The  little  girls  were  swinging 

in  the  orchard. 

They  saw  Max  going  to  the  meadow. 
He  said,  "Come  and  go  with  me,  Alice." 

Then  Alice  sang, 

"Little  boy,  little  boy, 

where  are  you  going? 
I  will  go  with  you,  if  I  may.;; 
Max  sang, 

"I'm  going  to  the  meadow 

to  see  them  a-mowing. 
I'm  going  to  help  them  cut  the  hay." 


hay 
may 

day 

say 

gay 

play 

stay 
gray 

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A  SUMMER  NIGHT 

It  is  a  beautiful  summer  night. 
The  air  is  sweet  with  clover  blooms. 
The  bright  stars  shine  in  the  sky. 
The  birds  in  the  tree  tops  are  asleep. 
So  are  the  larks  in  the  meadow. 
The  baby  larks  are  asleep 

in  the  deep  grass. 

The  mother  lark  is  on  the  pretty  nest. 
The  lambs  are  asleep  in  the  clover. 
The  mother  sheep  are  at  rest  with  them. 
The  bright  stars  peep  down  at  the  larks 

in  the  deep  grass. 

They  peep  down  at  the  sleeping  lambs. 
There  is  a  song  about  the  summer  night. 
It  tells  about  the  larks  and  the  lambs. 
It  tells  about  the  beautiful  bright  stars. 

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M.  S.  WILLIS. 


* — »• 


i.  Peep, peep, peep!  Bright  stars,  peep!  Be  -  hind  the  hills   so 


steep,      In    theclo-ver  deep,    The  lambs  and  mother 

PP  -=     ^=-ritard. 


m 


'I  ^— " 

sheep    Are       all      a  -  sleep,      All        a    -    sleep, 
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ALL    ASLEEP 

1.  Peep,  peep,  peep! 

Bright  stars,  peep!  peep 

Behind  the  hills  so  steep,  steep 

In  the  clover  deep,  deep 

The  lambs  and  mother  sheep  sheep 

Are  all  asleep,  sleep 

All  asleep. 

2.  Sleep,  sleep,  sleep! 

Birdies,  sleep!  sleep 

Beneath  the  soft  wings  creep,  creep 

While  the  night  winds  sweep,  sweep 

The  mother  bird  will  keep  keep 

Birdies  asleep,  sleep 

Safe  in  sleep. 

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LITTLE    COUSINS 

One  day  the  children  found  a  mouse 

in  the  meadow. 

Alice  said,  "I  saw  a  mouse  just  now. 
It  is  such  a  pretty  little  mouse! 
I  hope  it  will  come  out  again." 
"It  is  a  field  mouse/'  said  Father. 
"It  lives  here  in  the  fields  and  meadows. 
It  is   a   cousin  to  the  rats   and  mice 

that  live  in  the  house. 
Another  mouse  cousin  lives  in  the  woods. 
I  caught  one  once.     It  had  a  nest 

in  the  top  of  a  tree. 
It  sang  something  like  a  bird." 
Then  Father  told  the  children  stories. 
One  story  was  about  the  mouse  cousins. 

mouse         house          grouse          souse 

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THE    FIELD   MOUSE    AND   THE    TOWN    MOUSE 

A  little  mouse  lived  in  a  town. 

One  day  he  went  to  see  the  field  mouse. 

Such  fine  fun 

as  the  little  mice  had! 

The  field  mouse   said, 

"We   must   have    some- 
thing to  eat  soon. 

I  hope  you  like 

wheat  and  corn.  Cousin." 

"Are   wheat  and  corn  all  you  have?" 
said  the  town  mouse. 

"Yes,"  said  the  field  mouse.     "I  eat 
wheat  and  corn  year  after  year." 

"Come  with  me,"  said  the  town  mouse. 

"I  will  give  you  something  good  to  eat." 

field  yield  shield  wield 

20 


n 

The  field  mouse  was  glad  to  go  home 

with  his  cousin. 

So  away  the  two  mice  went  to  town. 
Soon  they  came  safely  to  a  fine  house. 
"This  is  my  home/7  said  the  town  mouse. 
"Now  I  will  show  you  the  things  I  eat." 
So  they  stole  into  the  house,  and   oh, 

such  good  things  as  they  saw! 
There  were  sweet  cakes  and  buns. 
There  were  oranges  and  apples. 
There  was  pudding,  and  some  meat. 
"This  is  fine!"  cried  the  field  mouse. 
"Just  look  at  that  meat!  I  do  like  meat! 
I  shall  not  live  in  the  fields  again." 

meat  heat  beat  treat 

seat  wheat          neat  bleat 


Ill 

The  mice  fell  to  eating  meat  at  once. 
A  boy  with  a  dog  came  into  the  room. 
"  There  is  Jack  with  the  dog!  Run!" 

cried  the  town  mouse. 
You  should  have  seen  the  two  mice  run ! 
The  dog  went  after  them  with  a  growl. 
But  the  mice  got  to  the  hole  safe. 
Then  the  boy  and  the   dog  went  out. 
Soon  the  mice  ran  into  the  room  again. 
Just  then  a  girl  came  in  with  the  broom. 
She  struck  at  the  mice  with  the  broom. 
"  There  is  Jill  with  the  broom ! 
Run!  Hide!" 

cried  the  town  mouse. 

room     groom     loom     gloom 
broom  boom       bloom  doom 


When  the  girl  with  the  broom  had  gone 
the  mice  stole  back  again. 

The  boy  stole  back  into  the  room,  too. 

This  time  he  had  a  black  cat  with  him. 

The  town  mouse  cried,  "There's  the  cat! 
Jump!  Run!  Hide!"  " 

Soon  the  mice  were  safe  in  the  hole. 

Then  the  field  mouse  said,  "Grood-by. 

I'm  going  where  corn  and  wheat  grow. 

To  be  sure  I  have  not  much  to  eat. 

But  I'm  safe  there.     Grood-by,  Cousin." 


hole 


stole 


pole 


whole 


LAMBIKIN 

Here  is  a  story  that  Father  told.- 

Lambikin  was  a  wee  happy  lamb. 

One  day  Lambikin  said, 

"Pm  going  to  the  other  side  of  the  hill. 

Pm  going  to  see  my  granny!" 

So    he    went    hopping,   jumping 

and  dancing  along. 
Soon  Lambikin  saw  a  fox. 
The  fox  said  with  a  growl, 

"Lambikin!  Lambikin!  I'll  eat  you!" 


long 
along 

way 
away 

sleep 
asleep 

side 
aside 

n 

Lambikin  looked  back  and  said, 
"  Don't  eat  Lambikin 
Till  he  goes  to  Grannikin. 
Then  very  fat  he'll  grow. 
And  you  can  eat  him  so." 

The  fox  liked  fat  lambs,  and  said, 

"  Well,  go  on  to  your  granny's  house. 

But  be  sure  to  come  back  this  way." 

Away  went  Lambikin,  hopping,  jumping 
and  dancing  along. 

Soon  Lambikin  saw  a  wolf. 

The  wolf  said  with  a  howl, 

"Lambikin !  Lambikin  !  I'll  eat  you  !'7 


Ill 

Lambikin  looked  back  and  said, 
"Don't  eat  Lambikin 
Till  he  goes  to  Grannikin. 
Then  very  fat  hell  grow. 
And  you  can  eat  him  so." 

The  wolf  liked  fat  lambs, 

So  he  said  with  a  howl, 

"Well,  go  on  to  your  granny's  house. 

But  be  sure  to  come  back  this  way." 

Away  went  Lambikin,  hopping,  jumping 
and  dancing  along. 

Soon  Lambikin  met  a  lion. 

The  lion  said  with  a  roar, 

"Lambikin!  Lambikin!  I'll  eat  you!" 

howl  cowl  prowl  fowl 

growl  scowl          jowl    *          owl 


IV 

Lambikin  looked  back  and  said, 
"Don't  eat  Lambikin 
Till  he  goes  to  Grannikin. 
Then  very  fat  he'll  grow, 
And  you  can  eat  him  so." 
The  lion  liked  fat  lambs. 
So  he  said  with  another  roar, 
"Well,  go  on  to  your  granny's  house, 
but  be  sure  to  come  back  this  way." 
Away  went  Lambikin,  hopping,  jumping 

and  dancing  along. 
At  last  he  came  to  kind  old  Granny's  house. 

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Lambikin  called,  "Pm  here,  Grannikin! 
IVe  come  to  eat  grass  and  grow  fat." 
And  then  you  should  have  seen  him  eat ! 
At  last  Granny  said,  "  Lambikin,  my  pet, 

you  are  as  fat  as  you  can  be. 
You  must  go  home  to-morrow." 
Then  Lambikin  said,  "What  shall  I  do? 
The  fox,  the  wolf  and  the  lion 

like  just  such  fat  lambs  as  I  am. 
They  will  be  sure  to  eat  me  to-morrow." 
"No,  no,"  said  kind  old  Granny. 
"You  shall  go  in  a  sheep  skin  drum." 
So  Granny  made  a  drum  of  sheep  skin. 
She  put  Lambikin  in  the  sheep  skin  drum 

and  said,  "Now  roll  away,  my  pet." 

call  called  roll  rolled 

28 


VI 

Lambikin  went  rolling  along 

and  met  the  lion. 
The  lion  could  not  see  Lambikin. 
So  he  roared,  "Drumikin!  Drumikin! 

Have  you  seen  Lambikin?" 
Lambikin  called  out, 

"Fallen  into  the  fire, and  so  will  you. 

On,  little  Drumikin!  Tum-tum-too! " 
"  The  woods  must  be  on  fire/' 

said  the  lion  with  a  roar. 
Away  he  ran  as  fast  as  he  could  go. 
Lambikin  went  rolling  along 

and  met  the  wolf. 
The  wolf  could  not  see  Lambikin. 
So  he  said  with  a  howl, 

"  Drumikin  1     Drumikin ! 

Have  you  seen  Lambikin?" 

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VII 

Lambikin  called  out, 

"  Fallen  into  the  fire,  and  so  will  you. 
On,  little  Drumikin  1  Tum-tum-too  !" 
"  The  woods  are  on  fire,"  said  the  wolf. 
Away  he  ran  as  fast  as  he  could  go. 
Lambikin  went  rolling  along 

and  met  the  fox. 
The  fox  could  not  see  Lambikin. 
So  he  growled,  "  Drumikin  I  Drumikin! 

Have  you  seen  Lambikin  ?" 
Lambikin  called  out, 

"  Fallen  into  the  fire,  and  so  will  you. 
On,  little  Drumikin  1  Tum-tum-too ! " 
"  Lambikin  is  in  that  Drumikin 

as  sure  as  I'm  a  fox. 
And  Drumikin  is  nothing 

but  an  old  sheep  skin,"  said  the  fox. 

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VIII 

"  I'll  soon  stop  your  ride,  Mr.  Lambikin/' 

said  the  cunning  fox. 
With  a  howl  he  ran  after  Lambikin 

as  fast  as  he  could  go. 
But  the  drum  was  rolling  safely  along. 
Down  the  side  of  the  hill  it  went. 
The  fox  could  hear  Lambikin  as  he  sang, 
"  I'm  in  the  Drumikin  1  Tum-tum-too ! 
I'm  safe  at  home.     How  do  you  do?" 


side 
hide 

ride 
bride 

pride 
bide 

wide 
slide 

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IN    THE    HAYLOFT 

Do  yon  see  the  children  in  the  stable? 
They  like  this  big  old  stable. 
It  is  a  fine  place  for  play. 
There  is  a  big  hayloft  in  the  stable. 
The  children  like  to  play  in  the  hayloft. 
They  go  np  to  the  hayloft  by  a  ladder. 
Little  Betty  can  walk  np  the  ladder. 
Do  yon  see  Alice  on  the  ladder? 
Grace  and  Betty  are  watching  Father 

from  the  hayloft. 

He  will  pitch  the  hay  into  the  hayloft. 
Frank  and  Max  have  had  a  ride 

on  the  hay. 
Now  they  will  rnn  np  the  ladder  and 

play  in  the  hayloft. 

place  lace  Grace  race 

33 


IN  THE   GARDEN 

The  girls  are  in  the  garden. 
There  are  beautiful  flowers  in  the  garden. 
There  are  red  and  white  flowers. 
There  are  red  roses  and  rosebuds. 
There  are  no  bright  yellow  daffodils. 
There  are  beds  of  blue  violets. 
Alice  is  gathering  violets  for  somebody. 
She  is  gathering  roses,  too. 
She  is  gathering  them  for  Mother. 
Betty  is  looking  at  the  rosebuds. 
Grace  says,  "Look  at  the  rosebuds,  Betty. 
They  will  soon  bloom  into  big  roses. 
Do  you  know  what  the  rosebuds  say? 
The  wind  makes  the  rosebuds  say, 
<  How  do  you  do,  little  girl?  ? 
You  must  say,  'How  do  you  do  ? ; " 

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THE    SWEET    RED    ROSE 

Good-morrow,  pretty  rosebuds. 

I  pray  you  tell  me  true, 
To  be  as  sweet  as  the  red,  red  rose. 

What  must  a  body  do? 
To  be  as  sweet  as  a  red,  red  rose, 

A  little  girl  like  you 
Just  grows,  and  grows,  and  grows, 

and  grows. 

And  that's  what  she  must  do. 


— Mary  Mapes  Dodge. 


35 


DAFFYDOWNDILLY 

Now  here  is  little  Daifydowndilly. 

Little  Daifydowndilly 

is  a  daffodil. 
See  Daffy downdilly's 

yellow  bonnet. 
See  her  green  gown. 

Daifydowndilly  has 
come  up  to  town, 
In  a  yellow  bonnet 
And  a  green  gown. 


now 
how 

town 
gown 

down 
brown 

frown 
drown 

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LITTLE    BETTY    BLUE 


Betty's  bonnet  isn't  like  Daffy  do  wndilly's. 
Betty's  bonnet  is  blue  to  match  her  eyes. 
Betty  has  a  blue  gown  to  match  her 

blue  bonnet. 
She  has  blue  shoes,  too. 
Father  sings  to  Betty, 

"  Little  Betty  Blue 
Lost  her  little  shoe. 
What  can  little 

Betty  do? 
Give  her  another 
To  match  the  other, 
And  then  she  may 

walk  in  two." 


lost 


cost 

37 


frost 


THE    QUEEN    IN    THE    GARDEN 

Alice,  let  us  play  Queen  in  the  Garden. 

Betty  shall  be  the  queen  in  the  garden. 

The  queen  has  no  bonnet. 

She  must  have  a  crown. 

Will  the  little  green  vine  make  a  crown? 

No,  we  will  make  a  crown  of  violets. 

Put  daffodils  on  the  queen's  gown. 

Put  rosebuds  around  her  neck. 

The  rosebuds  are  her  diamonds. 

Am  I  the  little  girl  in  the  garden,  Grace? 

Yes.     You  are  to  say  you  have  been 

gathering  flowers  for  the  queen. 
You  must  say  that  she  gave  you 

a  diamond  as  big  as  your  shoe. 

queen  green          sheen          ween 

seen  preen          keen  screen 

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Grace:    Little  girl,  little  girl, 

Where  have  you  been? 

Alice:     I've  been  gathering  roses 
To  give  to  the  queen. 

Grace:    Little  girl,  little  girl, 

What  gave  she  to  you? 

Alice:     She  gave  me  a  diamond 
As  big  as  my  shoe. 

39 


RAIN,    RAIN,    GO    AWAY 

The  children  were  watching  the  rain. 
They  said,  "  We  want 

to  go  to  the  meadow. 
We  want  to  go 

and  play." 
Then  they  sang, 

"  Rain,  rain, 
Gro  away. 
Come  again, 

Some  other  day .  '  -.  ••"'  "^    "  \v  '"• 

Little  children  want  to  play, 

In  the  meadow  on  the  hay. 

Rain,  rain,  go  to  Spain, 

Be  sure  you  don't  come  back  again." 


rain 


Spain 


gram 


vain 


40 


IT   IS    NOT    RAINING    RAIN    TO    ME 

Alice  said,  "  I  don't  like  the  rain. r 
Max  said,  "  I  want  to  see  the  sun  shine." 
Mother  said,  "  Don't  fret  about  the  rain. 
You  should  sing  and  not  fret. 
The  rain  makes  the  flowers  grow. 
We  should  fret  if  there  were  no  flowers." 

Then  mother  sang  the  rain  song. 

"  It  is  not  raining  rain  to  me. 

It's  raining  daffodils. 
In  every  little  drop,  I  see 
Field  flowers  on  the  hills. 

And  here  is  to  the  happy. 

A  fig  for  him  who  frets. 
It  is  not  raining  rain  to  me. 

It's  raining  violets." 

41 


WITH    MOTHER    GOOSE 

Let  it  rain.    We  can  read  and  tell  stories. 
We  will  read  in  our  story  book. 
No,  get  Betty's  Mother  Goose  book. 
We  will  look  at  the  pictures  in  the  book. 
Betty  likes  the  Mother  Goose  pictures. 
We  will  find  the  pictures  for  her. 
Come,  look  at  your  Mother  Goose  book, 

my  little  Betty. 

We  will  read  the  rimes  of  Mother  Goose. 
We  can  read  the  rimes  and  play  them. 

book  look  rook  crook 

took  cook  brook          shook 

42 


HARK!  HARK!  THE  DOGS  DO  BARK 


See  the  beggars  coming  to  town. 
See  the  beggars  in  velvet  gowns. 
Some  are  in  rags  and  tags. 
Hark!  How  the  dogs  bark  and  growl! 
Hark!  Hark! 
The  dogs 

do  bark. 
The  beggars 
are  coming 

to  town. 
Some  in  rags, 
Some  in  tags. 
And  some  in 
velvet  gowns. 


hark 
bark 


lark 
dark 


LITTLE    BOY    BLUE 


Let  us  play  Boy  Blue.     Max  is  Boy  Blue. 
Here  is  your  horn,  Max. 
Alice,  you  must  wake  Boy  Blue. 
You  must  say,  "Where  is  the  little  boy?" 
Then  Frank  must  say, 
"  He's  under  the  haystack  fast  asleep." 
The  broom  and  this  chair  will  make 
a  fine  haystack. 


horn 
corn 

born 
lorn 

thorn 
morn 

for 
nor 

44 


n 


Alice 


Frank 

Alice : 
Frank 


Little  Boy  Blue, 
Come  blow  your  horn. 
The  sheep  are  in  the  meadow. 
The  cows  are  in  th"  ^orn. 
Where's  the  boy  who  looks 

after  the  sheep? 
He's  under  the  haystack 

fast  asleep. 
Will  you  wake  him? 
Oh,  no,  not  I, 
For  if  I  do,  he  is  sure  to  cry. 


45 


PUSSY-CAT  AND    THE    QUEEN 

Nowlet  us  play  Pussy-Cat  and  the  Queen. 
Max  and  Grace  must  say  the  rime. 
Grace  is  Pussy-Cat.    She  will  answer  Max. 
Betty  is  the  frightened  mouse.    She 

must  run  when  Grace  jumps  at  her. 
Alice  is  the  Queen  this  time. 

Max:     Pussy-Cat,  Pussy-Cat, 

Where  have  you  been? 
Grace:  IVe  been  to  London 
To  see  the  Queen. 
'  Max :     Pussy-Cat,  Pussy-Cat, 

What  did  you  there  ? 
Grace:  I  frightened  a  little  mouse 
under  the  chair. 


time 

dime 

chime 

clime 

rime 

prime 

lime 

slime 

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COMING    FROM    TOWN 

Pussy-Cat  went  to  London  to  buy  a  hat. 
Now  she  is  coming  back  from  London. 
Her  three  kittens  went  with  her. 
They  went  to  London  to  buy  mittens. 
Let  us  play  "Coming  from  Town." 
I  am  Mrs.  Pussy-Cat,  you  know. 
Yes,  Grace,  and  you  have  a  straw  hat. 
In  the  picture,  Mrs.  Pussy  has  on 

a  big  straw  hat. 
Max,  Betty  and   Alice 

are  the  three  kittens. 
Your  hands  are  your  paws,  Betty. 
You  must  have  mittens  on  your  paws. 
Frank  must  say  to  me,  "Where 

have  you  been,  Mrs.  Pussy-Oat  ?" 
He  must  say  to  Max,  Betty  and  Alice, 
"Where  have  you  been,  little  kittens?" 

47 


n 


Frank:  Where    have   you 

been, 

Mrs.  Pussy-Cat  ? 
Grace:  IVebeentoLondon 

to  buy  me  a  hat. 
Frank:  What!  a  hat 
for  a  cat  ? 
Who  ever  did  see 
A  cat  in  a  hat  ? 

Frank:  Where  haveyoubeen, 

My  little  kittens? 
The  Others:  We Ve  been  to 
London 

To  buy  us  some 
mittens. 

Frank: What!  mittens 
for  kittens  ? 
Who  ever  did  see 
Kittens  in  mittens? 

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THE    THREE    LITTLE    KITTENS 

The  three  little  kittens  lost  their  mittens. 
Frank  may  tell  what  the  kittens  did. 
Alice,  Max  and  Betty  are  the  kittens. 
They  must  say  what  the  bad  kittens  did. 
Alice,  write  down  what  the  kittens  say. 
Tell  Betty  how  to  say  it. 
The  three  kittens  must  show  their  paws 

without  the  mittens  they  had  at  first. 
They  cry  about  their  mittens. 
When    they    find    their    mittens 

they  jump  and  dance. 
I  am  Mrs.  Pussy-Cat,  you  know. 
What  shall  we  have  for  a  pie? 
You  know  Mrs.  Pussy  made  a  pie. 
Take  this  pan  for  the  pie,  Alice. 

pie  tie  die  lie 

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n 

Frank:   The  three  little  kittens 

Lost  their  mittens, 
And  they  began  to  cry. 
The  others:    Oh,  Mother  dear, 

We  very  much  fear 
That  we  have  lost  our  mittens. 
Grace:   What!  Lost  your  mittens ? 

You  bad,  bad  kittens ! 
Then  you  shall  have  no  pie. 
The  Others:   Mee-ow,  mee-ow,  mee-ow! 
Grace:   No,  you  shall  have  no  pie ! 
The  others:   Mee-ow,  mee-ow,  mee-ow  1 


Ill 


Frank:   The  three  little  kittens 

Found  their  mittens. 

And  they  began  to  cry. 
The  Others:    Oh,  Mother  dear, 

See  here,  see  here! 

See,  we  have  found  our  mittens. 
Grace:   What!    Found  your  mittens? 

You  dear,  dear  kittens ! 

Then  you  shall  have  some  pie  ! 
The  Others:   Purr-r,  purr-r,    purr-r! 

Oh,  let  us  have  the  pie ! 

Purr-r,  purr-r,  purr-r ! 


THE    GINGERBREAD  BOY 

One  day  it  was  raining,  and  Grace  said, 
"  Let  us  read  about  the  Gingerbread  Boy." 
Once  there  was  a  little  old  woman 

and  a  little  old  man. 
They  lived  in  a  little  old  house 

by  the  wood. 
They  had  a  little,  old  kettle 

and  a  little  old  pan. 
They  had  a  little  old  dog 

whose  name  was  Dan. 
They  had  a  little  old  cow 

whose  name  was  Fan. 
And  they  were  very,  very  kind 
to  their  pets. 

kind  mind  blind  find 

bind  hind  rind  wind 

52 


One  day  the  little  old  woman  was  making 

some  gingerbread. 
She  said,  "I  wish  we  had  a  little  boy 

to  eat  this  gingerbread." 
"  I  wish  we  had  a  little  boy,  too," 

said  the  little  old  man. 
"I  could  love  a  little  boy  very  much." 
"  I'll  cut  this  cake  to  look  like  a  boy," 

said  the  little  old  woman. 
So  the  little  old  woman  cut  a  cake 

to  look  like  a  boy. 
She  said,  "I'll  put  the  cake 

in  the  little  old  pan  to  bake. 
When  it  is  done,  I'll  take  it  up 

in  the  little  old  dish." 

dish  fish  wish  swish 

53 


Ill 

The  little  old  woman  put  the  cake 

into  the  pan  to  bake. 
When  it  was  done,  she  said, 

"  The  cake  is  done. 
I'll  take  it  up  in  the  little  old  dish." 
But  the  Gingerbread  Boy  made  a  jump 

in  the  air  and  over  the  dish. 
Then  he  went  rolling  away. 
The  little  old  kettle  ran  after  him. 
So  did  the  little  old  pan. 
Then  the  little  old  woman  ran  after  him. 
So  did  the  little  old  man. 
But  they  never  could  catch  him. 

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The  Gingerbread  Boy  ran  by 

the  little  old  dog  whose  name  was  Dan. 
He  cried  out  to  the  dog,  "I've  run  away 
from  the  little  old  kettle 
and  the  little  old  pan, 
the  little  old  woman 

and  the  little  old  man. 
I  can  run  away  from  you,  too-oo! 

I  can,  and  I  can." 
Then  the  dog  ran  after  him, 

but  he  never  could  catch  him. 
The  Gingerbread  Boy  ran  by 
the  little  old  cow  whose  name  was  Fan. 

55 


The  Gingerbread  Boy  cried  out  to  the  cow, 
"I've  run  away 

from  the  little  old  kettle 
and  the  little  old  pan, 

the  little  old  woman 
and  the  little  old  man, 

and  the  little  old  dog 

whose  name  is  Dan. 
I  can  run  away  from  you,  too-oo ! 

I  can,  and  I  can." 
Then  the  cow  ran  after  him, 

but  she  never  could  catch  him. 
The  Gingerbread  Boy  ran  on  and  on. 
At  last  he  came  to  the  dark  wood. 
There  he  saw  a  poor  little  boy  crying. 
The  poor  little  boy  had  no  home, 
and  he  had  nothing  to  eat. 

56 


VI 

The  Gingerbread  Boy  cried, 

"  I've  run  away 

from  the  little  old  kettle 

and  the  little  old  pan, 

the  little  old  woman 

and  the  little  old  man, 

the  little  old  dog 

whose  name  is  Dan, 

and  the  little  old  cow 

whose  name  is  Fan. 

I  can  run  away  from  you,  too-oo! 

And  I  will  if  you  don't  eat  me. 

Eat  me  as  quick  as  you  can." 
The  little  boy  said,  "Thank  you,  I  will." 
Soon  the  Gingerbread  Boy  said, 
"I'm  going!     I'm  half  gone! 
I'm  all  gone."     And  so  he  was. 

57 


VII 

Tip  came  the  little  old  woman 

and  the  little  old  man. 

With  the  little  old  kettle 

came  the  little  old  pan. 

With  the  little  old  dog,    |S 

whose  name  was  Dan, 
came  the  little  old  cow, 
whose  name  was  Fan. 

They  all  said  at  once, 

."Have  yon  seen  the  Gingerbread  Boy?" 

"Yes,"  said  the  little  boy,  "he  told  me 
to  eat  him." 

"Poor  little  boy!"  they  all  said'  at  once. 

"Come  along  with  us  and  be  our  boy." 

"I  should  like  that!"  said  the  little  boy. 

So  they  all  went  back  to  live 

in  the  little  old  house  by  the  dark  wood. 

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THE    PIG    WITH   A    CURLY    TAIL 

A  pig  with  a  curly  tail 

lived  in  a  rail  pen.      // 
One  rainy  day  he  said, 

"I  don't  like  to  live 

in  a  rail  pen  that  leaks. 
I'm  going  to  the  woods  to  build  me 

a  house  that  will  never  leak." 
On  his  way  to  the  woods  he  met  a  rabbit. 
"Good  morning,  Rabbit,"  said  the  pig. 
"Good  morning,  Pig,"  said  the  rabbit. 
"Where  are  you  going  this  rainy  day?" 
"Fm  going  to  the  woods  to  build  me 

a  house  that  will  never  leak. 
I  don't  like  to  live  in  a  rail  pen," 

said  the  pig  with  the  curly  tail. 

tail  rail  trail  wail 

59 


n 

The  rabbit  said, 
"May  I  go  with  you?" 
"Can  you  help  build 

my  house?"  said  the  pig. 
"I  fear  you  can  not  do  much  but  hop." 
"I  have  very  sharp  teeth/'  said  the  rabbit. 
"I  can  cut  down  the  trees 

with  my  sharp  teeth." 
"Well,  come  along  with  me,"  said  the  pig. 
On  their  way  they  met  a  duck. 
"Good  morning,  Duck,"  said  the  pig. 
"Good  morning,  Pig,"  said  the  duck. 
"Where  are  you  going  this  rainy  day?" 
"I'm  going  to  the  woods  to  build  me 

a  house  that  will  never  leak. 
I  don't  like  to  live  in  a  rail  pen," 

said  the  pig  with  the  curly  tail. 

60 


Ill 

The  duck  said, 
"May  I  go 

with  you?"         \ 
"  What  can  you  do 

to  help  build  my  house?"  said  the  pig. 
al  fear  you  can  not  do  much  but  quack." 
"You  will  want  plaster/7  said  the  duck. 
"  I  can  make  plaster  and  carry  it." 
"Well,  come  along  with  me,"  said  the  pig. 
"I'll  take  you  to  make  plaster  for  me." 
On  their  way  they  met  a  rooster. 
"Good  morning,  Rooster,"  said  the  pig. 
"Good  morning,  Pig,"  said  the  rooster. 
"Where  are  you  going  this  rainy  day?" 
"I'm  going  to  the  woods  to  build  me 

a  house  that  will  never  leak," 

said  the  pig  with  the  curly  tail 

61 


IV 

The  rooster  said, 
"May  I  go  with  you?'7 
"What  can  yon  do 

to  help?'7  said  the  pig. 
"Well,"  said  the  rooster, 
"I  can  sing  so  that 
all  the  world  can  hear. 
I  will  sing  with  all  my  might 

and  wake  yon  every  day  in  the  year." 
"Well,  come  along  with  me,"  said  the  pig. 
"I'll  take  yon  to  sing  and  wake  us." 
So  they  all  went  on  to  the  woods. 
There  they  soon  made  a  honse 
that  will  never  leak. 

hear  year  near  clear 

fear  dear  .  tear  rear 

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COCK-A-DOODLE 

Cock-a-doodle-doo! 

My  dame  has  lost  her  shoe. 
My  master's  lost  his  fiddling  stick, 
And  knows  not  what  to  do. 
Cock-a-doodle-doo! 

What  is  my  dame  to  do? 
Till  master  finds  his  fiddling  stick, 
She'll  dance  without  her  shoe. 

Cock-a-doodle-doo! 

My  dame  has  found  her  shoe. 
And  master's  found  his  fiddling  stick. 
Sing  Cock-a-doodle-doo! 
My  dame  will  dance  with  you, 
While  master  fiddles  his  fiddling  stick 
For  dame  and  doodle-doo! 

63 


THE    RAINBOW 

Look  at  the  beautiful  rainbow  in  the  sky, 
It  is  raining  while  the  sun  shines. 
The  sun  shines  through  the  clouds. 
It  shines  on  the  drops  of  rain. 
The  sun  and  the  rain  make  the  rainbow. 
Don't  you  think  the  rainbow 

looks  like  a  bridge? 
You  shall  hear  the  story 

of  the  Beautiful  Bridge. 

64 


THE  BEAUTIFUL  BRIDGE 

Once  a  king  had  a  beautiful  daughter 

whose  name  was  Iris. 
The  king  lived  with  Iris  in  the  sky. 
Iris  had  a  beautiful  queen  mother. 
She  did  not  live  in  the  sky. 
She  lived  on  the  top  of  a  high  mountain. 
The  king  and  the  queen  met 

on  the  high  mountain. 
There  they  made  beautiful  things 

from  the  clouds. 
They  made   them   for   Iris. 
They  made  them  of  the  beautiful  colors 

that  Iris  loved. 
The  colors  were  red,  orange,  yellow, 

green,  blue  and  violet. 
They  are  the  colors  that  you  see 

in  the  rainbow. 

65 


n 

The  king  and  queen  made  a  beautiful 

bridge  for  their  daughter  Iris. 
It  was  made  of  orange  and  violet 

and  the  other  colors  that  Iris  loved. 
Iris  went  up  and  down  over  her  bridge. 
The  bridge  was  so  made  that  Iris 

could  drop  it  to  the  mountains. 
She  could  lift  it  again  to  the  sky. 
It  was  said  that  Iris  once  hid 

a  pot  of  gold. 

She  hid  it  at  the  foot  of  her  bridge. 
Shouldn't  you  like  to  find  it  ? 
Do  you  think  you  could  find  the  foot 

of  the  bridge? 
Have  you  ever  seen  the  beautiful  bridge? 

bridge  ridge  midge 

66 


IN    THE    SKY 

I  see  some  sheep  that  are 

white,  white,  white. 
I  see  a  horn  that  is 

bright,  bright,  bright. 
I  see  a  meadow  that  is 

blue,  blue,  blue. 
And  what  I  tell  you  is 

true,  true,  true. 


Can  you  answer  this  riddle  ? 
The  answer  to  the  riddle  is  in  the  sky. 
The  sheep  so  white  are  the  clouds. 
The  horn  so  bright  is  the  moon. 
The  meadow  so  blue  is  the  sky. 

true  blue  flue  glue 

67 


THE    FIRST   STAR 

Have  you  seen  the  sunset  sky  ? 
The  colors  are  orange  and  gold  at  first. 
Have  you  seen  the  rosy  clouds 
grow  more  and  more  rosy  ? 

Do  you  watch  for  the  first  star 

in  the  sunset  sky? 
Do  you  ever  make  a  wish  when  you  see 

the  first  star  after  sunset? 
Here  is  a  pretty  rime  to  say  when 

you  see  the  first  sunset  star. 

Star  light,  star  bright, 
The  first  star  I've  seen  to-night, 
I  wish  I  may,  I  wish  I  might 
Have  the  wish  I  wish  to-night. 

light  might  right          fright 

night          fight  bright        knight 

68 


TWINKLE,    TWINKLE,    LITTLE    STAR 

Twinkle,  twinkle,  little  star. 
How  I  wonder  what  you  are, 
Up  above  the  world  so  high, 
Like  a  diamond  in  the  sky! 

When  the  great  round  sun  is  set. 
When  the  grass  with  dew  is  wet, 
Then  you  show  your  little  light, 
Twinkle,  twinkle,  all  the  night. 


A   BONNY   BOAT 

I  wonder  who  can  answer  this  riddle. 
It  is  about  a  silver  boat  that  is  afloat. 
I  think  you  can  answer  this  riddle. 


One,  two,  three, 
A  bonny  boat  I  see, 
A  silver  boat, 
And  it's  afloat 
Upon  a  rosy  sea. 

One,  two,  three, 
I'll  answer  it  for  thee. 
The  moon  afloat 
Is  the  bonny  boat. 
The  sunset  is  the  sea. 


boat 


float 


coat 


goat 


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A    GOLDEN   DAY 

Mother  and  the  children  are  in  the  wood. 
They  will  rest  by  the  little  brook 

and  tell  stories. 
The  trees  are  bright  red 

and  golden  yellow. 
Mother  says  it  is  a  golden  day. 
Grace  says,  "See  the  leaves  falling 

on  the  brook. 
The  beautiful  yellow  leaves 

are  like  golden  boats  afloat." 

gold  wood  bright  fall 

golden       wooden       brighten       fallen 

71 


THE  BROOK 

"Stop,  stop,  pretty  water  I" 

Said  Mary  one  day, 
To  a  bright  happy  brook 

That  was  running  away. 

"You  run  on  so  fast! 

I  wish  you  would  stay, 
My  boat  and  my  flowers 

You  will  carry  away. 

But  I  will  run  after, 

Mother  says  that  I  may; 

For  I  would  know  where 
You  are  running  away." 

So  Mary  ran  on, 

But  I  have  heard  say 
That  she  never  could  find 

Where  the  brook  ran  away, 

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THE   HONEST    WOODMAN 

A  woodman  stood  chopping  the  boughs 

from  a  tall  oak  tree. 

Deep  water  was  at  the  foot  of  the  tree. 
As  the  woodman  stood  chopping,  his  ax 

fell  into  the  deep  water. 
He  looked  into  the  dark  water  and  cried, 
"Oh,  what  shall  I  do?    ' 
I  have  lost  my  good,  sharp  ax." 
A  kind  fairy  lived  in  the  water. 
She  came  up  out  of  the  water. 
"Why  do  you  cry,  my  poor  man?" 

said  the  kind  fairy. 
"My  ax  fell  into  the  water," 

said  the  poor  woodman. 
"I  can  not  work  without  it." 

wood  stood  good  hood 

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II 

"I  will  get  your  ax,"  said  the  fairy. 
She  went  down  into  the  dark  water 

and  came  up  with  a  silver  ax. 
aHere  is  your  ax/7  said  the  fairy. 
"That  is  not  my  ax,"  said  the  man. 
The  fairy  went  down  deeper 

into  the  water. 

Soon  she  came  up  with  an  ax  of  gold. 
"Is  this  your  ax?"  said  the  fairy. 
"No,  oh,  no!"  said  the  woodman. 

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Ill 

The  fairy  went  down  still  deeper 

into  the  dark  water. 
She  came  up  with  the  woodman's  old  ax. 
"Oh,  thank  you,"  said  the  honest  man. 
"That  is  my  ax.     'Now  I  can  work." 
"Why  would  you  not  take  the  silver  ax 

or  the  golden  ax?  "  said  the  fairy. 
"  The  silver  ax  was  not  my  ax. 
Neither  was  the  golden  ax  my  ax?" 

was  the  honest  woodman's  answer. 
"  You  are  a  very  honest  man/' 

said  the  fairy. 
"  Carry  the  silver  ax  and  the  golden  ax 

with  you.     I  give  them  to  you." 

deep  dark  sharp         old 

deeper  darker         sharper      older 

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76 


THE  THREE  BROTHERS 

Once  a  king  had  a  beautiful  castle. 
There  was  not  such   another  castle 

in  all  the  world. 

Now  a  great  tree  grew  near  the  castle. 
It  had  stood  there  for  a  hundred  years. 
It  had  more  than  a  hundred  boughs. 
This  made  the  castle  very  dark. 
The  king  said,  "  This  great  tree 

must  be  cut  down  before  long." 
Now  there  was  no  spring  near  the  castle. 
So  the  king  said,  "I  must  have 

a  deep  well  near  my  castle. 
I  have  to  send  a  long  way  for  water." 
But  no  one  could  dig  the  deep  well,  or 

cut  down  the  great  tree. 

grew  threw  drew  crew 

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n 

Every  day  the  king  stood  before  the  door 

of  his  castle  and  cried, 
"Is  there  no  man  of  my  kingdom 

who  can  cut  down  the  great  tree? 
Is  there  no  man  of  my  kingdom 

who  can  dig  the  deep  well? 
I  will  give  the  half  of  my  kingdom 

to  the  man  who  will  do  this. 
The  half  of  my  kingdom,  I  will  give!" 
Now  there  were  three  brothers 

who  had  heard  what  the  king  said. 
So  they  set  out  to  go  to  the  king's  castle. 
As  they  were  going  through  the  forest, 

they  heard  a  chopping  noise. 
"Do  you  hear  that  chopping  noise?" 

said  the  youngest  brother. 
"I  wonder  what  it  can  be;"  said  he. 

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Ill 

"Did  you  never  before  hear  a  woodman 

at  work?"  said  the  oldest  brother. 

"Yes,"  said  the  youngest  brother. 
"But  I  should  like  to  know  what  it  is 

that  I  hear  now.    I'm  going  to  see." 
Far  away  in  the  forest  he  found  an  ax. 
It  was  chopping  down  a  tree. 
"Good  morning,  Ax,"  he  said. 
"Why  are  you  here  all  by  yourself?" 
"IVe  been  chopping  at  this  place 

for  more  than  a  hundred  years. 
I  am  waiting  for  you/'  said  the  ax. 
" Well,  here  I  am  to  carry  you  with  me," 
said  the  youngest  brother. 

old  great  deep  dark 

oldest       greatest       deepest       darkest 

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IV 

The  youngest  brother  took  the  ax, 

and  then  he  ran  after  the  others. 
As  they  were  passing  a  mountain, 

they  heard  something  picking. 
"Do  you  hear  that  picking  noise?" 

said  the  youngest  brother. 
"I  wonder  what  it  is." 
"Did  you  never  hear  men  digging 

before?"  said  the  second  brother. 
"Yes,  I  have  heard  men  digging," 

said  the  youngest  brother. 
"But  I  should  like  to  know  what  it  is 

that  I  hear  now.     I'm  going  to  see." 
Away  up  the  side  of  the  mountain, 

he  found  a  pick  digging. 
"Good  morning,  Pick,"  he  said. 
"Why  are  you  here  all  by  yourself?" 

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"I  have  been  digging  in  this  place 

for  more  than  a  hundred  years. 
I  am  waiting  for  you,"  said  the  pick. 
"Well,  here  I  am  to  carry  you  with  me," 

said  the  youngest  brother. 
He  put  the  pick  into  his  bag. 
Then  he  ran  to  catch  up  with  the  others. 
As  they  were  passing  along  by  a  stream, 

they  sat  down  near  it  to  rest. 
"Look  at  this  stream!     I  wonder 

where  this  stream  comes  from," 

said  the  youngest  brother. 
"Did  you  never  see  a  stream  before  ? ?: 

said  the  oldest  brother. 
"Yes,"  said  the  youngest  brother. 
"But  I  am  going  to  see 

where  this  stream  comes  from." 

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VI 

As  the  youngest  brother  went  up 

the  brook  he  saw  a  walnut. 
A  little  stream  of  water  ran  from  a  hole 

in  the  side  of  the  walnut. 
"Good  morning,  Walnut!"  he  said. 
"  Why  are  you  here  all  by  yourself?" 
"  I  have  been  in  the  moss  for  more  than 

a  hundred  years/'  said  the  walnut. 
"I   am  waiting   for  you.     Lift  me  up 

and  carry  me  with  you." 
"  So  I  will,"  said  the  youngest  brother. 
"  I  shall  stop  this  hole  with  moss." 
He  put  some  moss  into  the  hole. 
Then  he  put  the  walnut  into  his  bag, 

and  ran  to  catch  up  with  the  others. 

moss  toss  cross  loss 

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vn 

Then  the  brothers  came  to  the  castle. 
The   king    was    crying,    "The    half  of 

my  kingdom !  Who  will  cut  down 

the  great  tree  and  dig  the  well?" 
More  than  a  hundred  men  had  tried. 
The  oldest  brother  said,  "I  will  try." 
So  the  oldest  brother  tried  to  cut  down 

the  great  tree. 
Then  the  second  brother  tried, 

but  neither  of  them  could  do  it. 
The  more  they  cut,  the  more 

the  tree  grew. 
The  king  said,  "The  youngest   brother 

has  not  tried.     Let  him  try." 


try 
tried 

cry 
cried 

spy 

spied 

shy 
shied 

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VIII 

Then  the  youngest  brother  took  the  ax 

from  his  bag. 

"Cut  for  yourself,  my  Ax,"  he  said. 
Without  a  word,  the  ax  began  chopping. 
Soon  the  great  oak  dropped  to  the  ground. 
Then  he  took  his  pick  from  the  bag. 
"Dig  for  yourself,  my  Pick,"  he  said. 
Without  a  word,  the  pick  began  digging. 
Soon  there  was  a  deep  hole  in  the  ground. 
Then  he  took  the  moss  from  the  walnut. 
He  let  the  walnut  fall  into 

the  deep  hole  in  the  ground. 
aEun?  Water,  run,"  he  said,  and  a  stream 

of  water  ran  from  the  walnut. 
Soon  the  hole  was  a  deep  well  of  water. 
So  the  king  gave  the  half  of  his  kingdom 

to  the  youngest  brother. 

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A    GREAT    RIME 

If  all  the  seas  were  one  sea, 
What  a  great  sea  that  would  be! 
If  all  the  trees  were  one  tree, 
What  a  great  tree  that  would  be! 
If  all  the  axes  were  one  ax, 
What  a  great  ax  that  would  be! 
If  all  the  men  were  one  man, 
What  a  great  man  that  would  be! 
And  if  the  great  man  took 

the  great  ax, 

And  cut  down  the  great  tree, 
And  let  it  fall  into  the  great  sea, 
What  a  great  splash  that  would  be! 

lash  flash  rash  dash 

splash        crash  mash  sash 

splashes     crashes        mashes        sashes 

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GATHERING   NUTS 

The  children  are  gathering  nuts. 
They  are  gathering  nuts  for  the  winter. 
The  dead  leaves  are  flying  from  the  trees. 
But  the  nuts  still  hang  on  the  trees. 
The  children  say,  " Winter  is  coming. 

It  will  soon  be  here. 
The  birds  are  flying  away. 
They  are  going  far  away. 
They  are  going  where  there  is  no  winter. 
But  we  children  love  winter  time." 


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GOOD-BY    TO    THE    BIRDS 

Good-by,  little  birdies. 

Fly  through  the  sky, 
Singing  and  singing 

A  merry  good-by. 

Tell  aU  the  birdies 

Flying  above, 
We  in  our  garden 

Send  them  our  love. 

We'd  like  to  go  with  you 
If  we  could  fly. 

It  must  be  so  beautiful 
Up  in  the  sky. 


sky  fly  try  spy 

skies    .        flies  tries  spies 

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WINTER   FUN 

It  is  a  snowy  winter  day. 

The  children  are  having  fun  in  the  snow. 

They  are  catching  the  big  white  flakes. 

The  flakes  look  like  tiny  white  feathers. 

They  fall  thicker  and  thicker. 

Frank  says,  "I  don't  like  a  rainy  day. 

But  I  do  like  a  snowy  day  like  this." 


snow 
snowy 

wind 
windy 

air 
airy 

rain 
rainy 

88 


n 

The  short  winter  days  are  full  of  fun. 
The  children  like  to  be  out  in  the  snow. 
They  have  fine  rides  down  the  sides 

of  the  hills  and  on  the  pond. 
Father  takes  them  for  sleigh  rides,  too. 
They  have  fun  in  the  long  winter  nights. 
They  roast  apples  and  toast  nuts. 
They  sing,  "Roast,  Apples,  roast! 

Toast,  Nuts,  toast!" 
They  tell  stories  and  answer  riddles. 
They  play  games  and  sing  songs. 
The  children  say  that  winter  is  pleasanter 

than  spring  or  summer  or  fall. 
They  say  that  winter  nights  are 

pleasantest  of  all. 

toast  roast  coast  boast 

89 


A   WINTER    NIGHT 


FIVE   SPRITES   IN   A   ROW" 


90 


A    WINTER    NIGHT—  A    SONG 

1.  Her  silvery  bow,  bow 

The  new  moon  hangs  low.  low 

Above  the  white  snow,  snow 

Stars  glitter  and  glow.  glow 

2.  The  dark  waters  flow  flow 

So  silent  and  slow.  slow 

The  winter  winds  blow  blow 

And  icicles  grow.  grow 

3.  The  flames  blaze  and  glow  glow 

And  queer  shadows  throw,  throw 

Then  rising,  they  show  show 

Five  sprites  in  a  row.  row 

—  M.  S.  Willis. 


i 


i.  Her     sil  -  ver  -  y     bow    The    new  moon  hangs  low. 


A  -  bove  the  white  snow,  Stars  glit  -  ter    and  glow. 
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MATCHING   RIMES 

Did  you  see  the  children  by  the  fire  ? 
They  were  playing  a  game  that 

they  sometimes  play  at  school. 
The  game  is  called  "  Matching  Rimes." 
This  is  the  way  they  play  the  game. 
Some  one  says,  "  Match  my  rime." 
Then  he  gives  a  short  saying. 
Every  one  must  try  to  be  the  first 

to  give  another  short  saying. 
It  must  match,  or  rime,  with 

the  first  short  saying. 
The  short  saying  must  be  one 

that  everybody  knows. 
All  who  cannot  give  a  short  saying 

must  give  words. 
The  words  must  match,  or  rime,  with 

the  last  word  of  the  short  saying. 

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n 

This   is  how   the  children  played 
the  game  of  Matching  Rimes. 

Frank:     As  green  as  grass. 
Grace:     As  smooth  as  glass. 

The  others:     grass      mass       pass      class 
glass      bass        lass      brass 

Alice:    As  bright  as  a  star. 
Max:    As  black  as  tar. 

The  others:     star         bar          far       par 
tar          jar  car       spar 

Grace:     As  still  as  mice. 

Frank:      As   Cold   as   ice. 

The  others:     ice        nice        price       dice 
mice     rice        vice         slice 

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A   TEENY-TINY    STORY 

On  a  winter  night  Betty  likes  to  hear 

the  story  of  the  teeny-tiny  lady. 
Once  there  was  a  teeny-tiny  lady. 
She  lived  in  a  teeny-tiny  house. 
One  winter  night  the  teeny-tiny  lady 

had  been  asleep  a  teeny-tiny  while. 
All  at  once  she  heard  a  teeny-tiny  noise, 

"Tap,  tap,  tap!  Tap,  tap,  tap!" 
At  first  she  hid  her  teeny-tiny  head. 
But  she  heard  the  teeny-tiny  noise  again, 

"Tap,  tap,  tap!     Tap,  tap,  tap!" 
She  jumped  out  of  her  teeny-tiny  bed. 
She  took  the  teeny-tiny  candle 

in  her  teeny-tiny  hand. 
Then  she  stole  down  the  teeny-tiny  stair. 
She  looked  under  her  teeny-tiny  table. 
There  was  nothing  under  the  table. 

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n 

She  looked  under  her  teeny-tiny  chair. 
There  was  nothing  under  the  chair. 
She  went  back  up  her  teeny-tiny  stair 

with  her  teeny-tiny  candle. 
She  got  into  her  teeny-tiny  bed. 
Soon  the  teeny-tiny  lady  heard 

the  teeny-tiny  noise  again. 
She  took  her  teeny-tiny  candle. 
She  stole  down  her  teeny-tiny  stair. 
She  looked  under  her  teeny-tiny  table. 
Out  jumped  a  teeny-tiny  ..-..! 
" A  mouse !    A  mouse  1  A  mouse  1 " 

cried  the  teeny-tiny  lady. 
And  up  her  teeny-tiny  stair  she  ran. 

chair  stair  fair 

hair  pair  air 

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BILLY    BOY    AND    HIS    FRIENDS 

Once  there  was  a  boy  named  Billy. 

Every  one  called  him  Billy  Boy. 

Billy  was  a  poor  little  lad. 

He  had  never  had  a  home. 

One  day  Billy  said,  "I'm  going  out 

into  the  world  to  find  my  fortune." 
As  Billy  was  passing  a  barn 

he  saw  a  poor  old  donkey. 
His  head  was  hanging  down  as  he  cried, 

"  Wee-haw  1   Wee-haw !" 
"What's  the  matter,  old  Wee-haw? 
Why  hang  your  head?"  said  Billy. 
"I'll  tell  you  what's  the  matter," 

said  the  poor  old  donkey. 
"My  master  gives  me  nothing  to  eat 

but  old  wheat  straw. 
He  says  I  am  too  old  to  work." 

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n 

"Come  with  me,  old  Wee-haw,"  said  Billy. 
"You  may  help  me  work  for  my  fortune. 
You  shall  have  sweet  hay,  not  old  straw." 
So  on  went  Billy  Boy  and  his  friend, 

the  donkey,  to  find  a  fortune. 
In  a  little  while  they  met  a  poor  dog. 
His  head  was  hanging  down  as  he  cried, 

"Bow-wow !     Bow-wow ! " 
"What's  the  matter,  old  Bow-wow? 
Why  do  you  hang  your  head?"  said  Billy. 
"My  master  says  I'm  too  old 

to  watch  and  bark  at  night. 
So  he  never  gives  me  meat  to  eat," 

said  the  poor  old  dog. 
"  Come  with  me,  old  Bow-wow,"  said  Billy. 
"Help  watch  for  my  fortune  and 

you  shall  eat  meat  every  day." 

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m 

On  went  Billy  and  his  friends,  the  donkey 
and  the  dog,  to  find  the  fortune. 

After  a  while  they  saw  a  poor  cat. 

Her  head  was  hanging  down  as  she  cried, 
"Mee-ow!     Mee-ow!     Mee-ow!" 

'^What's  the  matter,  old  Mee-ow  mee-ow? 

Why  do  yon  hang  yonr  head?"  said  Billy. 

"My  master  knows  that  my  teeth  are  old. 

Tet  he  gives  me  nothing  to  eat/7 
said  the  poor  old  cat. 

"While  my  teeth  are  not  sharp  now, 
my  claws  are  as  sharp  as  ever. 

Still  it  takes  a  long  time  to  catch  mice. 

I  should  have  meat  to  eat." 

saw  raw  straw  claw 

paw  draw  jaw  squaw 

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IV 

"  Come  with  me,  old  Mee-ow  mee-ow," 

said  Billy. 

"  You  may  help  catch  my  fortune. 
Then  your  claws  and  paws  will  do  all 

that  you  want  them  to  do." 
So  on  went  Billy  Boy  and  his  friends. 
After  a  while  they  saw  a  fat  rooster. 
He  was  sitting  high  up  in  a  tree -top. 
"  Cock-a-doodle-doo  ! "  said  the  rooster. 
"  What's  the  matter,  old  Cock-a-dopdle  ? 
Why  are  you  singing  in  the  tree -top  at 

this  time  of  day?':  said  Billy. 
"  My  master  says  I'm  to  go  into  the  pot. 
I'm  to  boil,  boil,  boil,  then  roast  and  toast 

till  I'm  done/'  said  the  rooster. 

boil  toil  soil  spoil 

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"Come  with  me,  old  Cock-a-doodle. 
You  may  help  me  sing  for  my  fortune. 
Then  no  one  shall  boil  you/'  said  Billy. 
So  on  went  Billy  Boy,  the  donkey, 

the  dog,  the  cat,  and  the  rooster. 
By  and  by?  as  they  were  passing  through 

a  great  dark  forest  Billy  said, 
"  Let  us  rest  here,  my  friends. 
To-morrow  we  will  march  into  the  forest." 
The  rooster  flew  into  a  tree  top. 
"  I  see  a  light,  friends/7  he  said. 
"  Is  it  the  light  of  the  moon?"  said  Billy. 
"No,"  said  the  rooster,  "it  is  not." 
"If  it  is  not  the  moon,  let  us  go  and  see 

what  it  is,"  said  Billy. 
So  they  went  on  through  the  forest. 

Then  they  saw  the  light  in  a  little  house. 

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The  light  came  through  the  window. 
The  window  was  high  above  the  ground. 
"  I   can't   see   into 

the  house,"  said  Billy. 
"I'll  make  a  ladder. 
Come  here.  Bow-wow. 
You  jump  on 

"Wee-haw's  back.  i 

Come,  Mee-ow  mee-ow. 
You  bounce  up 

on  Bow-wow's  back. 
Come,  Cock-a-doodle. 
You  fly  up  on 
Mee-ow  mee-ow's  back. 
Tell  me  what  you  see, 

Cock-a-doodle."  Cock-a-doodle  said, 
"I  see  some  men  sitting  around  a  table. 
They  have  gold  in  a  heap  on  the  table." 

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vn 

"The  men  in  the  house  are  robbers," 

said  Billy  Boy. 

"I  think  we  can  drive  the  robbers  away. 
When  I  say,  'One,  two,  three/ 

make  all  the  noise  you  can. 
One,  two,  three  P  said  Billy. 
" Wee-haw!  Wee-haw!"  said  the  donkey. 
" Bow- wow!  Bow-wow!"  said  the  dog. 
"Mee-ow!  Mee-ow!"  said  the  cat. 
" Cock-a-doodle-doo!  "  said  the  rooster. 
Such  a  noise  you  never  heard. 
The  frightened  robbers  jumped  and  ran 

to  the  forest  with  all  their  might. 
Then  the  friends  went  into  the  house. 

jump          watch          march         bark 

jumped     watched      marched      barked 

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vm 

Billy  found  a  bed  and  went  to  sleep. 
The  cat  jumped  into  a  chair  by  the  fire. 
The  dog  lay  down  under  the  table. 
The  donkey  lay  down  in  some  straw 

before  the  barn  door. 
The  rooster  flew  to  the  top  of  a  high  tree. 
By  and  by,  one  of  the  robbers  came  back. 
He  stole  in  by  the  back  door. 
In  the  dark,  he  ran  over  the  cat's  chair. 
The  cat  jumped  up  in  a  rage  and 

gave  him  a  scratch  in  the  eyes. 
The  dog  jumped  up  and  bit  him. 
As  he  ran  by  the  barn,  the  donkey 

gave  him  a  kick.    Down  he  went. 
"  Cock-a-doodle-doo ! "  cried  the  rooster. 

her  hers  herd  herds 

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IX 

The  frightened  robber  jumped  up 

and  ran  with  all  his  might. 
He  told  the  other  robbers  that  he 

would  never  go  back  to  that  house. 
"  There's  an  old  woman  there  who  tried 

to  scratch  my  eyes  out,"  he  said. 
"  There's  a  man  there  with  a  sharp  knife. 
He  cut  me  with  his  knife  as  I  ran. 
A  man  at  the  barn  had  a  big  stick. 
He  gave  me  a  knock,  and  down  I  went. 
As  I  got  up  to  run,  a  little  man  cried, 
<  I'll  knock  the  noodle,  too ! ? " 
So  the  robbers  never  went  back. 
But  Billy  Boy  and  his  friends  lived  there 

safely  for  a  long,  long  time. 

rage  cage  Page  sage 

104 


ROBIN'S    YULE    SONG 

Robin  Redbreast  was  hopping  about 

in  the  woods  at  Yule  time. 
The  Yule  time  is  Christmas  time. 
In  the  woods,  Robin  Redbreast  saw 

an  old,  gray,  greedy  Pussy-Cat; 
The  cat  said, "  Pray,  where  are  you  going, 

Wee  Robin?" 

Robin  said,  "  I'm  going  to  see  the  king. 
I'll  sing  a  song  to  Grod  and  the  king 

this  good  Yule  morning." 
Pussy  said,  "Come  here,  Wee  Robin. 
I'll  show  you  a  bonny  white  ring 

around  my  neck." 
But  Robin  Redbreast  said,  "  No,  no, 

Q     gray,  greedy  Pussy. 
I  saw  you  catch  the  wee  mouse, 

but  you  shall  not  catch  me." 

105 


II 

So  Robin  flew  away  and  away. 
By  and  by  he  came  to  a  wall. 
There  he  saw  a  gray,  greedy  hawk. 
The  hawk  said,  "Pray,  where 

are  you  going,  Wee  Robin  ?" 
Robin  said,  "I'm  going  to  see  the  king. 
I'll  sing  a  song   to  God  and  the  king 

this  good  Yule  morning." 
The  hawk  said,  "  Come  here,  Wee  Robin. 
I'll  show  you  a  bonny  white  feather 

in  my  wing." 
But  Robin  Redbreast  said,  "No,  no, 

gray,  greedy  Hawk. 
I  saw  you  catch  the  wee  mouse,  but 

you  shall  not  catch  me." 
So  Robin  flew  away,  and  by  and  by  he 

came  to  a  great  heap  of  rock. 

106 


m 

By  the  great  heap  of  rock,  Kobin  saw 

a  gray,  greedy  fox. 
The  fox  said,  "Pray,  where  are  you  going, 

Wee  Robin?" 

Robin  said,  "  I'm  going  to  see  the  king. 
Til  sing  a  song  to  God  and  the -king 

this  good  Yule  morning." 
The  fox  said,  "Come  here,  Wee  Robin. 
I'll  show  you  a  bonny  white  spot 

on  the  tip  of  my  tail." 
Robin  said,  "No,  no,  gray,  greedy  Fox. 
I  saw  you  catch  the  wee  lamb, 

but  you  shall  not  catch  me." 
So  Robin  Redbreast  flew  away  and  away. 
He  came  safely  to  the  king's  house. 
He  shook  his  feathers  and  his  wings 

and  sat  in  the  king's  window. 

107 


IV 


Then  Robin  sang  a  sweet  song  to  God 
and  a  merry  song  to  the  king. 

The  king  said,  "What  shall  we  give  Robin 
for  singing  such  a  merry  song 
this  good  Yule  morning?'7 

And  the.  queen  said,  "Let  us  give  him 
the  wee  Jenny  Wren  to  be  his  bride." 

So  Robin  Redbreast  flew  away  and  away 
to  find  the  wee  Jenny  Wren. 


yule 


mule  pule 

108 


gule 


ROBIN    REDBREAST   AND    JENNY    WREN 

Robin  Redbreast  went  flying  away 

through  the  wood. 
There  he  saw  his  friend  the  sparrow 

with  his  bow  and  arrow. 
He  told  the  sparrow  about  his  bride, 

the  wee  Jenny  Wren. 
The  sparrow  said,  "  I  will  fly  away  and  tell 

all  the  birds  about  the  wedding." 
So  the  sparrow  took  his  bow  and  arrow. 
He  told  all  the  birds  about  the  wedding 

of  Robin  and  Jenny  Wren. 
So  all  the  birds  came  to  sing 

at  the  wedding  of  Robin  Redbreast. 
The  chickadee  came  with  the  little  birds. 
The  owl  came  with  the  big  birds. 
The  cuckoo  came  with  the  others 

to  sing  for  Robin  and  Jenny  Wren. 


109 


n 

Now,  no  one  liked  the  cuckoo,  because 

he  was  never  kind  to  other  birds. 
He  fell  into  a  rage  with  Jenny,  the  bride. 
He  began  to  pick  out  her  feathers 

and  pull  her  pretty  wings. 
Robin  Redbreast  was  trembling  with 

rage  at  the  cuckoo. 
His  friend,  the  sparrow,  was  angry,  too. 
So  the  sparrow  let  fly  his  arrow 

at  the  cuckoo. 
But  the  arrow  struck  poor,  poor 

Robin  Redbreast  and  killed  him. 
The  birds  fell  to  sighing  and  sobbing 

for  poor,  dead  Robin. 
Great  was  the  sobbing  of  Jenny  Wren. 
But  no  sighing  and  sobbing 

was  as  great  as  the  sparrow's, 
no 


WHO    KILLED    COCK   ROBIN? 

Who  killed  Cock  Robin  ? 

"  I,"  said  the  sparrow, 
"  With  my  bow  and  arrow. 

I  killed  Cock  Robin  » 

Who  saw  him  die  ? 

"I,"  said  the  fly, 
"  With  ray  little  eye. 

I  saw  him  die." 

Who'll  dig  his  grave? 

"  I,"  said  the  owl, 
"  With  my  spade  and  show'l 

I'll  dig  his  grave." 

Who'll  toll  the  bell? 

« I,"  said  the  bull, 
a Because  I  can  pull. 

I'll  toll  the  bell." 
111 


All  the  birds  of  the  air 

Fell  to  sighing  and  sobbing, 
When  they  heard  the  bell  toll 

For  poor  Cock  Robin. 


pull 

full 

bull 


toll 
poll 
boll 

112 


roll 

troll 

stroll 


THE    NIGHT  BEFORE    CHRISTMAS 

It  is  the  night  before  Christmas. 
The  wind  whistles  and  howls  out  of  doors. 
The  flakes  of  snow  fall  thicker  and  thicker. 
The  snow  grows  deeper  and  deeper. 
Frank  heaps  on  more  wood  and 

the  fire  roars  up  the  chimney-flue. 
Father  is  making  shadow  pictures 

on  the  wall  for  Betty. 
Mother  is  knitting  stockings. 
Do  you  see  Grace  and  Alice  working 

on  the  Christmas  tree? 
Max  is  peeping  up  the  chimney-flue. 
He  says,  "Mr.  Santa  Claus,  we  will  hang 

up  our  stockings,  to-night." 
Mother  says,  "Look  at  the  clock,  children. 
It's  time  to  hang  up  your  stockings. 
Then  we  will  sing  our  Christmas  songs." 

113 


PLEASANTER    THAN    ALL 

Little  fairy  snowflakes 

Dancing  in  the  flue; 
Old  Mr.  Santa  Claus, 

What  is  keeping  you? 

Twilight  and  firelight 
Shadows  come  and  go; 

Merry  chimes  of  sleigh  bells 
Tinkle  through  the  snow. 

Mother's  knitting  stockings. 

Pussy's  got  the  ball. 
Don't  you  think  that  winter's 

Pleasanter  than  all? 

—  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich. 

sleigh  neigh  weigh 

sleighs  neighs  weighs 

114 


Heap  on  more  wood, 

The  wind  is  chill. 
But  let  it  whistle 

As  it  will, 
We'll  keep  our  Christmas 

Merry  still.          —waiter  Scott. 

115 


WHEN    SPRING    COMES    AGAIN 

The  children  have  been  happy  all  winter. 
Winter  has  seemed  very  short  to  them. 
While  it  was  still  winter  they  said, 
"  Winter  is  pleasanter  than  all." 
But  now  they  say  that  the  trees  and 

the  flowers  seem  to  be  dead. 
Betty  says,  "Has  Jack  Frost  killed  them?" 
"  No,  no,  the  flowers  do  not  die," 

says  Mother. 

"  Jack  Frost  has  only  put  them  to  sleep. 
They  will  wake  and  bloom  again 

when  the  spring  comes." 
Then  the  children  say,  "  We  shall  be  glad 

when  spring  comes  again." 

bloom  kill  seem  snow 

bloomed       killed        seemed       snowed 

116 


WHEN  THE  MORNING  SHINES 

The  flower  is  asleep. 
But  it  is  not  dead. 
When  the  morning  shines, 
It  will  lift  up  its  head. 

When  the  winter  comes, 
It  will  die !  No,  no  1 
It  will  only  hide 
From  the  frost  and  snow. 

Sure  is  the  summer. 
Sure  is  the  sun. 
The  night  and  the  winter, 
Away  they  run. 

— George  Macdonald. 

dead  head  bread  lead 

117 


SPRINGTIME    FUN 

The  children  are  flying  kites. 

They  pitch  the  kites  into  the  air. 

The  kites  are  afloat  in  the  air. 

See  how  the  wind  lifts  the  kites  and 

tosses  them  about. 
Betty  cries,  "Blow,  wind,  blow! 

Catch  my  kite! 
Lift  it  and  make  it  dance!  " 
Kite  flying  is  fun  for  the  spring  time. 

toss  catch  pitch  dance 

tosses        catches        pitches        dances 

118 


THE    WIND    AND    THE    SUN 

Here  is  an  old  story  that  the  children 

like  to  read. 

It  is  the  story  of  the  Wind  and  the  Sun. 
Once  the  Wind  said  to  the  Sun; 
"  You  are  not  so  strong  as  I  am. 
See  how  the  great  trees  bow  before  me. 
See  how  the  leaves  are  trembling. 
The  trembling  leaves  know  that  I  broke 

the  tree  you  see  on  the  ground. 
You  can  not  make  great  trees  fall 

to  the  ground. 
You  can  not  do  this  because 

you  are  not  so  strong  as  I  am." 
The  Sun  said,  "I  can  make  the  trees 

and  flowers  grow. 
You  are  not  so  strong  as  I  am,  for 

you  can  not  make  a  tree  grow." 

119 


n 

Just  then  a  man  came  over  the  hill. 
The  Sun  said,  "Let  us  see  who  can  make 

that  man  take  off  his  coat." 
"  Let  me  try  first/'  said  the  "Wind. 
So  he  blew  and  blew  and  blew  and  blew. 
"Whew!      How   cold  that  wind  is!" 

said  the  man,  holding  his  coat. 
The  Wind  blew  again,  but  the  man 

would  not  take  off  his  coat. 
Then  the  Sun  said,  "  Wow  I  will  try." 
So  the  Sun  began  to  shine  down 

on  the  man  with  all  his  might. 
"Whew!"  said  the  man.  "How  hot  it  is!" 
And  then  the  man  took  off  his  coat. 


blew 
flew 

dew 
new 

pew 
mew 

few 
whew 

THE    WIND 

Who  has  seen  the  wind? 

Neither  I  nor  you. 
But  when  the  leaves  hang 

trembling, 
The  wind  is  passing  through. 

Who  has  seen  the  wind? 

Neither  you  nor  I, 
But  when  the  trees  bow  down 

their  heads. 
The  wind  is  passing  by. 

— Christina  Rossetti. 


hang 
bang 

sang 
clang 

rang 
fang 

sprang 
gang 

121 


BRIAR    ROSE 

There  is  a  story  that  Mother  tells 

in  the  happy  spring  time. 
She  tells  it  when  the  flowers  and  trees 

are  waking  from  their  winter  sleep. 
It  is  the  story  of  Briar  Rose. 
There  was  once  a  good  king  and  queen 

who  had  no  children. 
Every  day  the  queen  would  say, 
"  I  wish  we  had  a  little  daughter." 
One  day  the  queen  sat  by  a  stream. 
She  heard  a  noise,  " Splash!    Splash!" 
A  frog  came  out  of  the  water  and  said, 
a  Your  wish  shall  come  true. 
Before  the  year  has  gone  by, 

you  shall  have  a  little  daughter." 
And  before  the  year  was  over,  the  queen 

had  a  little  daughter. 


n 

The  king  said,  "  We  must  have  a  feast 

for  all  the  wise  men  and  women." 
Now  there  were  six  wise  women 

in  the  kingdom. 
There  was  another  wise  woman 

who  had  been  away  for  a  long  time. 
She  had  just  come  back  to  the  kingdom. 
The  king  had  forgotten  all  about  her. 
So  he  had  only  six  gold  plates  made. 
These  plates  were  for  the  wise  women. 
The  feast  day  came  at  last,  and 

everybody  seemed  very  happy. 
The  six  wise  women  came  to  make 

their  gifts  to  the  king's  daughter. 

six  ox  Max  box 

fix  fox  ax 

123 


III. 

The  first  wise  woman  said,  "  This  is 

my  gift  to  the  princess. 
She  shall  be  very  sweet  and  good." 
Then  one  by  one  the  wise  women  said, 
"  The  princess  shall  be  very  wise." 
"  The  princess  shall  be  very  strong." 
"  The  princess  shall  be  very  beautiful." 
"Every  one  shall  love  the  princess." 
The  last  wise  woman  was  about  to  say, 
"The  princess  shall  live  a  long  time." 
Just  then,  in  came  another  wise  woman. 
She  was  the  one  the  king  had  forgotten. 
No  gold  plate  had  been  set  for  her. 
This  angry  wise  woman  was  trembling 

all  over  with   rage. 
She  said, "  What !  'No  gold  dish  for  me  ? 
Then  you  shall  hear  what  my  gift  is." 

124 


125 


IV 

This  was  the  angry  wise  woman's  gift: 
"  The  princess  shall  stick  a  spindle 

into  her  hand  when  she  is  sixteen. 
Then  she  shall  fall  down  dead." 
With  that,  the  angry  woman  went  away. 
But  one  of  the  wise  women  had  not  made 

her  gift  to  the  princess. 
So  she  said,  "  Now,  I  will  make  my  gift. 
I  can't  do  away  with  all  the  bad  gift 

of  the  angry  wise  woman. 
But  the  princess  shall  not  die  when 

she  is  sixteen  years  old. 
She  must  stick  a  spindle  into  her  hand, 
But  she  will  only  fall  into  a  deep  sleep,. 
She  will  sleep  for  a  hundred  years. 
Then  a  brave  and  strong  prince 

shall  come  and  wake  her." 

126 


Then  the  king  said,  "Burn  the  spindles. 
Burn  every  spindle  in  the  kingdom. 
Let  there  be  no  spinning  in  the  kingdom." 
So  no  more  spinning  was  done 

in  that  kingdom. 
The  princess  lived  in  the  great  castle 

until  she  was  sixteen  years  old. 
One  day  she  came  to  a  dark,  narrow  stair. 
Everybody  had  forgotten  about  the  stair. 
The  princess  went  up  the  narrow  stair 

that  had  been  so  long  forgotten. 
At  the  top  she  came  to  a  little  room. 
There  was  an  old  woman  there  spinning. 
She  made  the  spindle  turn   and  whirl 

round  and  round. 

burn  turn  churn          urn 

127 


VI 


"Grood-day,  Mother/7  said  the  princess. 
"Please  tell  me  what  you  are  doing." 
"I  am  spinning,"  said  the  old  woman. 
"How  do  you  turn  this  funny  thing 

that  goes  whirl,  whirl,  whirl?" 
As  the  princess  said  this,  she  tried 

to  turn  the  sharp  spindle. 
The  spindle  struck  her  hand  and 

she  fell  upon  a  bed  that  stood  by. 
In  one  second,  the  princess  and  all 

in  the  castle  had  fallen  asleep. 
The  horses  in  the   stable  and  the  dogs 

on  the  lawn  fell  asleep. 
~No  sound  was  heard.   The  birds,  the  trees 

and  the  flowers  had  fallen  asleep. 

girl  twirl  whirl  whirls 

128 


VII 

A  great  hedge  of  briars  grew  up 

all  around  the  castle  and  hid  it. 
Every  year  the  great  hedge  of  briars 

grew  thicker  and  thicker. 
The  story  of  the  sleeping  princess 

was  told  in  other  kingdoms  far  away. 
Sometimes  they  called  her  Briar  Rose. 
More  than  one  brave  prince  tried 

to  find  the  sleeping  castle. 
But  no  one  could  get  through  the  hedge. 
Long  years  went  by.  The  sleeping  princess 

seemed  forgotten  by  every  one. 
Only  the  oldest  men  ever  told  the  story. 
For  a  hundred  years  the  princess 

lay  sleeping  in  the  old  castle. 

hedge          wedge         sedge         pledge 

129 


130 


VIII 

At  last  a  brave  prince,  far  away, 

heard  of  the  sleeping  castle. 
He  came  to  find  Briar  Rose. 
The  oldest  men  told  him  that  no  one 

could  get  through  the  briar  hedge. 
But  the  prince  would  not  turn  back. 
He  broke  the  briars  with  his  hands. 
Then    snowy    flowers    bloomed    where 

the  briars  had  been. 

And  the  prince  came  safe  to  the  castle. 
He  found  everything  fast  asleep. 
No  wind  was  blowing.      No  sound 

was  heard  in  all  the  castle. 
At  last  the  prince  came  to 

the  foot  of  the  narrow  stair. 
In  a  room  at  the  top  of  the  stair 

he  found  Briar  Rose  fast  asleep. 

131 


IX 

Briar  Rose  was  as  sweet  and  rosy  as 

when  she  first  fell  asleep. 
The  prince  said,  "  Wake,  dear  princess." 
She  opened  her  eyes  and  smiled. 
"IVe  been  waiting  for  you/7  she  said. 
Then  all  the  world  began  to  wake. 
The  king  and  the  queen  opened  their 

eyes. 
The  birds  began  to  sing.     The  wind 

began  to  blow  through  the  trees. 
The  sweet  flowers  began  to  bloom. 
"Come,  Briar  Rose/7  said  the  prince. 
And  they  went  down  the  dark  stair 

out  into  the  beautiful  world. 
"  Of  all  the  stories,  we  like  Briar  Rose 

the  best/'  said  the  children. 

narrow  arrow  sparrow 

132 


FAREWELL    TO    THE    FARM 

To  house  and  garden,  field  and  lawn, 
The  meadow  gate  we  swang  upon, 
To  pump  and  stable,  tree  and  swing, 
Good-by,  good-by  to  everything. 

And  fare  you  well  for  ever  more, 
0  ladder  at  the  hayloft  door  1 
0  hayloft  where  the  cobwebs  cling  I 
Good-by,  good-by  to  everything. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 


VOCABULARY 


The  following  list  gives  .all  the  new  words  that 
the  order,  by  pages,  in  which  they  appear.  Those 
are  here  omitted. 


are  to  be  drilled  upon  as  wholes  in 
pages  containing  no  such  new  words 


1. 

their 

found 

lived 

28.     called 

Betty 

larks 

wheat 

to-morrow 

girls 

corn 

I've 

11.     air 

roll 

2. 

oak 

round            21. 

stole 

skin 

hope 

grass 

oranges 

dear 

deep 

meat 

29.     could 

cried 

Drumikin 

3. 

birdie 

12.     neck 

shall 

fallen 

rose 

put                aa 

fire 

tree-top 
for 

22. 

13.     once 
'tis 

seen 
should 
growl 

Turn-turn 
fast 

5. 

happy 
three 

God 

room 
broom 

30.     nothing 
growled 

years 

14.     summer         23. 

grow 

6. 

bough 
just 
wind 

green 
mow              04 
help 

sure 

Lambikin 
side 

33.     stable 
place 
hayloft 
ladder 

rock-a-by 
safe 

15.     sang 

if 
I»_. 

granny 
along 
fox 

from 
34.     garden 

1   i 

m 

I'll 

rosebuds 

7. 
8. 

blue 
safely 
rest 

vine 

16.     beautiful       25' 
stars 
bright 
asleep 

Grannikin 
he'll 
wolf 
howl 

yellow 
daffodils 
gathering 

35.     pray 

hung 

26. 

lion 

true 

sung 
something 

19.     field 
mice 

roar 
roared 

body 

eat 

story 

like 

36.     Daffy- 

gone 

stories 

downdilly 

27. 

last 

bonnet 

0. 

such 

20.     soon 

kind 

gown 

134 

37. 

eyes 

47. 

buy 

60. 

sharp 

great 

shoe 

kittens 

teeth 

dew 

lost 

mittens 

straw 

61. 

plaster 

70. 

bonny 

38. 

queen 
diamonds 

paw 

carry 
rooster 

boat 
silver 

been 

48. 

ever 

a-float 

gave 

we've 

62. 

world 

sea' 

40. 

rain 

49. 

first 

might 

71. 

golden 

want 

pie 

63. 

dame 

leaves 

41. 

Spain 

every 
who 

50. 

fear 
mee-ow 
began 

master 
fiddling 
she'll 
Cock-a- 

72. 

stay 
Mary 
heard 

would 

51. 

purr-r 

doodle 
while 

73. 

chopping 
stood 

42. 

our 
read 

52. 

ginger- 
bread 

64. 

rainbow 

fairy 
work 

book 

woman 

clouds 

Goose 

kettle 

bridge 

74. 

deeper 

picture 

whose 

43. 

beggars 

53. 

wish 

65. 

daughter 
Iris 

75. 

honest 
or 

velvet 

love 

above 

neither 

hark 
bark 

done 
dish 

mountains 
colors 

77. 

castle 

rags 
tags 

take 

66. 

lift 

near 
hundred 

54. 

never 

foot 

grew 

44. 

horn 

shouldn't 

before 

wake 

56. 

dark 

nor 

haystack 

poor 

67. 

riddle 

i 

chair 

moon 

78. 

door 

57. 

half 

kingdom 

45. 

blow 

68. 

rosy 

brother 

59. 

rainy 

more 

forest 

46. 

Pussy 

rail 

light 

youngest 

answer 

build 

noise 

frightened 

leak 

69. 

twinkle 

London 

morning 

wonder 

79. 

oldest 

135 

far 

94. 

lady 

wedding 

122. 

Briar 

yourself 

teeny- 

cuckoo 

waiting 

tiny 

123. 

feast 

stair             110. 

because 

women 

80. 

passing 

table 

angry 

wise 

second 

killed 

six 

81. 

stream 

96. 

Billy 
fortune 

sighing 
sobbing 

gifts 
forgotten 

82. 

walnut 
moss 

donkey 
Wee-haw     111. 

die 

plates 

matter 

grave 

124. 

princess 

83. 

tried 

spade 

97. 

friend 

show'l 

126. 

spindle 

84. 

word 

toll 

sixteen 

dropped 

98. 

claw 

bull 

brave 

prince 

85. 

axes 

99. 

boil               113. 

chimney- 

can't 

splash 

flue 

86. 

dead 
hang 
winter 

101. 
102. 

heap 
robbers 

shadow 
knitting 
stocking 
Santa 

127. 

burn 
spinning 
turn 
narrow 

87. 

merry 

103. 

rage 

Clans 

whirl 

88. 

we'd 
feathers 

104. 

knife            n5> 
noodle 

twilight 
chimes 

128. 

sound 
lawn 

flakes 
thicker 

105. 

Robin          j|g 

Redbreast 
Vnl« 

seem 
seemed 

129. 

hedge 
lay 

89. 

sleigh 
roast 

x  uie 
Christmas 

frost 

132. 

opened 

toast 

gray             ng 

kites 

smiled 

pleasanter 

106. 

hawk 

best 

short 

119. 

bow 

awake 

108. 

Jenny 

trembling 

92. 

only 

bride 

133. 

swang 

120. 

coat 

pump 

93. 

glass 

109. 

sparrow 

off 

gate 

tar 

arrow 

holding 

fare 

ice 

bow 

whew 

cobwebs 

136 


The  following  words  occurring  in  the  text  of  this  book  were  given  in  the  phonic 
drills  of  the  Primer.  For  this  reason,  as  well  as  on  account  of  their  extreme  simplicity, 
they  will  require  no  special  drill.  The  child  will  recognize  them  at  a  glance.  This  list, 
together  with  the  preceding  Vocabulary,  includes  all  the  new  words  hi  the  First 
Reader. 


fat 
sat 
bad 
had 
bag 
rag 
tag 
man 
.Dan 
Fan 
pan 
than 
hand 
sand 
match 
scratch 
tall 


fall 

wall 

got 

not 

top 

drop 

long 

strong 

pet 

met 

set 

wet 

fret 

men 

wren 

send 

bend 


fine 

shine 

bit 

fit 

dig 

fig 

hid 

did 

tip 

trip 

king 

ring 

whig 

cling 

spring 

pick 

slick 


cluck 

till 

chill 

still 

think 

fun 

sun 

cut 

nut 

cry 

sky 

why 

told 

gold 

cold 

wee 

thee 


137 


TO  THE  TEACHER 

In  the  First  Reader  there  are  several  phonic  jingles  of  the  kind 
found  in  the  Primer.  These  are  to  be  read  by  the  teacher  and 
sung  by  the  pupils.  These  jingles  and  the  lists  of  words  which 
close  many  of  the  lessons  furnish  most  appropriate  material  for 
phonic  drill.  In  every  instance  one  or  more  of  the  words  given  in 
these  lists  has  been  previously  used  in  sentences  and  has  been 
made  familiar  to  the  pupils  as  a  whole  word.  Such  words  are  used 
as  keywords  for  analyzing  the  other  words  of  the  lists  into  their 
component  parts.  It  is  not  at  all  necessary,  however,  that  the 
pupil  should  know  the  meaning  of  all  the  words  given  for  purely 
mechanical  drill. 

The  teacher  may  wish,  on  occasion,  to  review  some  sound  or  to 
teach  some  needed  new  sounds.  If  at  all  possible,  this  should 
always  be  done  when  no  list  of  words  for  phonic  drill  is  provided 
with  the  reading  lesson.  At  the  close  of  the  book,  several  lists  of 
drill  words  are  given  which  may  be  used  whenever  the  teacher 
finds  it  convenient  to  do  so.  It  is  understood  that  the  teacher  will 
expand  these  lists,  as  well  as  those  at  the  end  of  the  reading  les- 
sons, by  adding,  as  they  are  developed  from  day  to  day  in  the 
regular  class  work,  other  words  containing  the  same  sound  and 
symbol.  For  instance,  at  the  end  of  the  reading  lesson  on  page 
117,  the  words,  head,  dead,  lead,  and  bread  will  be  found.  When 
the  teacher  shows  these  words  to  the  pupil,  she  should  try  to  elicit 
such  words  as  read,  dread,  tread,  thread,  spread,  etc.,  which  she  will 
then  write  on  the  blackboard.  If  the  children  cannot  think  of 
such  additional  words,  the  teacher,  herself,  should  give  them. 
Thus  the  method  suggested  becomes  extremely  helpful  and  flex- 
ible. 

Practically  all  the  words  of  the  Primer  are  repeated  in  the  First 
Reader  —  something  not  true  of  many  First  Readers.  About 
400  new  words  are  introduced.  The  vocabulary  listed  on  pages 

138 


134,  135,  and  136  includes  only  the  words  upon  which  the  pupils 
should  be  drilled  as  whole  words.  But  there  are  other  words,  simple 
and  analogous  in  form,  which  require  no  special  drill,  and  these 
should  not  be,  and  are  not,  listed  with  the  words  that  do  need  such 
drill. 

To  illustrate:  the  words  man,  Fan,  and  Dan  occur  on  page  52 
as  new  words  in  the  text.  They  require  no  drill;  yet,  because  this 
is  the  first  time  they  have  appeared  in  the  text,  they  should  be 
listed  somewhere  in  this  book.  Such  words  are  to  be  found  on 
page  137,  with  other  words  which  the  pupils  can  master  at  a 
glance.  These  lists  of  analogous  words  furnish  opportunity  for 
the  pupils  to  test  their  own  ability  to  master  words  at  sight. 

Much  has  been  said  and  written  regarding  the  time  and 
energy  that  is  wasted  in  drilling  pupils  upon  words  that  they 
should  be  able,  and  are  able,  to  pronounce  at  sight.  Yet  in  many 
First  Reader  vocabularies  we  find  such  words  listed  with  those 
that  require  drill.  Such  an  illogical  and  unpedagogical  arrange- 
ment has  been  avoided  in  this  book  by  the  classification  men- 
tioned above. 

In  spite  of  this  precaution,  however,  the  teacher  will  find  in  the 
drill  vocabulary,  on  pages  134,  135,  and  136,  some  words  which  the 
pupils  can  pronounce  at  sight,  and  this  they  should  be  encouraged 
to  do.  Nevertheless,  all  such  words  should  be  taught  first  as 
wholes,  after  which  they  may  be  used,  if  desired,  as  keywords  in 
making  new  lists  for  phonic  drill. 

Up  to  this  point,  we  have  considered  only  the  mechanics  of 
reading.  But  there  is  another  side  of  reading  of  even  greater 
importance;  namely,  the  bringing  of  the  child  into  that  receptive 
and  sympathetic  mood  without  which  no  real  reading  can  be 
accomplished.  Even  where  the  lesson  consists  of  only  a  few  lines, 
the  teacher,  by  showing  the  lesson  picture  and  conversing  with  the 
children  about  it,  or  by  discussing  with  them  the  underlying  thought 
of  the  text,  will  have  no  difficulty  in  arousing  the  necessary  interest. 

139 


Many  of  the  lessons  in  this  book  lend  themselves  to  simple,  but 
none  the  less  vivid,  dramatization.  Some  of  those  that  are  most 
suitable  for  dramatic  action  are  indicated  in  the  text.  It  is  hoped 
that  these  examples  will  suggest  to  the  pupils  how  other  lessons 
may  be  dramatized  without  any  special  preparation,  in  the  sense  of 
rehearsing,  and  without  any  special  paraphernalia  whatever  except 
the  articles  usually  found  in  the  ordinary  schoolroom.  The  pupils 
should  be  given  frequent  opportunities  to  plan  by  themselves  for 
such  dramatization,  precisely  as  done  by  the  children  in  the  book 
itself.  They  should  be  led  gradually  to  create  dialogue  and  action 
for  themselves,  the  teacher  withdrawing  herself  more  and  more 
into  the  background. 

The  children  who  appear  in  this  First  Reader  are  the  same 
children  who  made  the  Primer  a  connected  story.  But  the 
interest  in  them,  as  they  appear  in  this  later  book,  is  in  no  wise 
dependent  upon  a  knowledge  of  the  Primer.  The  experiences 
and  adventures  of  these  five  children,  binding  as  they  do,  the 
lessons  together,  give  an  admirable  unity  and  sequence  to  the 
whole. 

LIST  OF  WORDS  FOR  PHONIC  DRILL 

lamp  leg  ten  tent 

damp  beg  den  bent 

camp  keg  fen  sent 

stamp  peg  glen  went 

nut  gun  hump  limp 

rut  nun  pump  crimp 

hut  pun  lump  shrimp 

shut  shun  clump  imp 

sell  dull  hill  kept 

shell  gull  hilly  slept 

smell  cull  sill  wept 

spell  mull  silly  swept 

140 


neck 
necks 
speck 
specks 

left 
theft 

muff 
stuff 

dress 
dresses 


brick 
bricks 
trick 
tricks 

help 
yelp 

doff 
off 

bless 
blesses 


clock 
clocks 
block 
blocks 

lift 
gift 

staff 
quaff 

cress 
cresses 


cluck 
clucks 
duck 
ducks 

drift 
shift 

miss 


fuss 
fusses 


spade 
grade 
shade 
wade 


shape 
grape 
drape 
scrape 


cave 
wave 
brave 
grave 


late 
gate 
rate 
mate 


tale 
vale 
dale 

more 
wore 
fore 
snore 

soon 
moon 
spoon 
coon 

road 
toad 
load 
goad 


wake 
shake 
sake 
flake 

note 
wrote 
dote 
quote 

gloom 
gloomy 
room 
roomy 

oak 
soak 
cloak 
croak 


blaze 
blazes 
gaze 
gazes 

cone 
bone 
tone 
lone 


goose 
loose 
moose 
noose 

plain 
drain 
gain 
gram 

141 


vase 
vases 
case 
cases 

spoke 
broke 
choke 
stroke 

moor 
moors 

paint 
saint 
faint 
quaint 


laid 
maid 
paid 

sharp 
harp 
carp 

lawn 
dawn 
fawn 

grief 
chief 
thief 

while 
mile 
smile 
pile 

kite 
site 
spite 
sprite 

seal 
deal 
steal 
peal 

leak 
weak 
peak 
speak 

deer 
queer 
seer 

need 
seed 
steed 

side 
beside 

fore 
before 

shout 
shouting 
sprout 
sprouting 

right 
righted 
light 
lighted 

care 
fare 
bare 
stare 

let 
letter 
bet 
better 

battle 
rattle 

kettle 
settle 

willow 
pillow 

broken 
spoken 

hard 
yard 
card 

part 
cart 
dart 

piece 
niece 

dye 
lye 

nieces 

rye 

fire 

five 

wire 

live 

tire 

dive 

spire 

hive 

feast 

bean 

least 

mean 

beast 

clean 

yeast 

glean 

feet 

deem 

meet 

seem 

sweet 

seemed 

long 
belong 

hind 
behind 

wrong 
wronged 
prong 
pronged 

story 
stories 
lady 
ladies 

but 

bit 

butter 

bitter 

cut 

lit 

cutter 

litter 

tinkle 

whistle 

twinkle 

thistle 

often 

listen 

soften 

glisten 

142 


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